Are Urban Populations of a Gliding Mammal Vulnerable to Decline?
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Squirrel Glider Trapping
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Squirrel Glider Captures
3.2. Population Modelling and Demographics
3.3. Population Sizes
4. Discussion
4.1. Adult Population Size and Survival
4.2. Causes of the Apparent Decline at the Urban Site
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Site | Model 1 | AICc | ΔAICc | w | ML | K |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Site 1 | S (.) p (years reduced) c (years reduced) g’ (0) g” (0) | 1831.46 | 0.00 | 0.83 | 1.00 | 7 |
S (.) p (years reduced) c (years reduced) g’ (.) g” (.) | 1834.67 | 3.21 | 0.17 | 1.00 | 9 | |
S (.) p (years reduced) c (years reduced) g’ (.) g” (.) | 1847.43 | 15.97 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23 | |
S (periods) p (years reduced) c (years reduced) g’ (.) g” (.) | 1849.53 | 18.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24 | |
S (periods) p = c (years reduced) g’ (.) g” (.) | 1872.82 | 41.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14 | |
S (.) p (.) c (.) g’ (.) g” (.) | 1882.18 | 50.73 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5 | |
Site 2 | S (1) g’ (.) g” (1) p = c (years reduced) yr1 = 2 = 3 = 4 = 5 | 783.91 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 6 |
S (1) g’ (period) g” (period) p = c yr1 = 2 = 3 = 4 = 5 | 789.83 | 5.93 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 9 | |
S (1) g’ (0) g” (0) p = c (years reduced) yr1 = 2 = 3 = 4 = 5 | 792.22 | 8.31 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 5 | |
S (1) g’ (.) g” (.) p = c (years reduced) | 793.08 | 9.17 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 11 |
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Marks, A.J.; Goldingay, R.L. Are Urban Populations of a Gliding Mammal Vulnerable to Decline? Animals 2023, 13, 2098. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132098
Marks AJ, Goldingay RL. Are Urban Populations of a Gliding Mammal Vulnerable to Decline? Animals. 2023; 13(13):2098. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132098
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarks, Anita J., and Ross L. Goldingay. 2023. "Are Urban Populations of a Gliding Mammal Vulnerable to Decline?" Animals 13, no. 13: 2098. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132098